Peer-reviewed publications
Accepted
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, and B. Zuckergerg. Accepted. Common loon chicks appear resilient to bald eagel recovery in northern Minnesota. Avian Ecology and Conservation
2022
Heun, C.M., H.L. Schley, and S.M. Crimmins. 2022. River otter (Lontra canadensis) feeding habits in Wisconsin, USA: Evidence of microbead contamination. American Midland Naturalist 187:279-286.
Taylor, J.M., S.M. Crimmins, and N.M. Roberts. 2022. Assessing winter habitat selection of river otters using aerial surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1349
2021
Olson, L.O., T.R. Van Deelen, D.J. Storm, and S.M. Crimmins. 2021. Understanding environmental patterns of canid predation on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 99:912-920.
Wheeler, M.E., J.A. Barzen, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2021. Population responses to harvest depend on harvest intensity, demographics, and mate replacement in sandhill cranes. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01778
Scharhag, J., C. Sartini, S. Crimmins, S. Hygnstrom, and J. Stetz. 2021. Characteristics of non-fatal attacks by black bears: Conterminous United States, 2000-2017. Human-Wildlife Interactions 15:123
2020
Roberts, N.M., M.J. Lovallo, and S.M. Crimmins. 2020. River otter (Lontra canadensis) status, management, and distribution in the United States: Evidence of large-scale population increase and range expansion. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11:279-286
2019
Wheeler, M., J. Barzen, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2019. Effects of territorial status and life history on sandhill crane population dynamics in south central Wisconsin. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97:112-120.
Allen, M.L., and S.M. Crimmins. 2019. Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from the northern and southern populations may find each other in Humboldt County, California. IUCN Otter Bulletin 36:88-92.
Crimmins, S.M., and T.R. Van Deelen. 2019. Limited evidence for mesocarnivore release following wolf recovery in Wisconsin, USA. Wildlife Biology 2019:wlb.00511
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, L.H. Grim, J.H. Larson, and B. Zuckerbeg. 2019. Top-down effects of repatriating bald eagles hinder jointly recovering competitors. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:1054-1065.
Pluemer, M., S. Dubay, D. Drake, S. Crimmins, T. Veverka, H. Hovanec, M. Torkelson, and M. Mueller. 2019. Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and coyotes (Canis latrans) in an urban landscape: prevalence and risk factors for disease. Journal of Urban Ecology 5:1 juz022
2018
Allen, M.L., E. Iehl, B. Evans, M. Wheeler, B. Wojcik, B. Peterson, R. Harris, R. Dohm, M. Mueller, L. Olson, B. Ederer, S. Crimmins, M. Stewart, K. Pemble, E. Olson, J. Van Stappen, and T.R. Van Deelen. Detection of American martens (Martes americana) in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 179:294-299.
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, L.H. Grim, and B. Zuckerberg. 2018. Managing individual nests promotes population recovery of a top predator. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:1418-1429.
Wheeler, M.E., J.A. Barzen, S.M. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2018. Effects of territorial status and life history on sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) population dynamics in south-central Wisconsin, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97:112-120.
2017
Allen, M.L., B. Kohn, N. Roberts, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2017. Benefits and drawbacks of determining litter success for black bears (Ursus americanus) from cementum annuli techniques. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95:991-995.
Olson, E.R., S.M. Crimmins, D.E. Beyer, D.R. MacNulty, B.R. Patterson, B.A. Rudolph, A.P. Wydeven, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2017. Flawed analysis and unconvincing interpretation: a comment on Chapron and Treves 2016. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B 284 20170273
2016
Crimmins, S.M., P.C. McKann, J.R. Robb, J.P. Lewis, T. Vanosdal, B.A. Walker, P.J. Williams, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2016. Factors affecting Henslow's sparrow nest survival in southern Indiana. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128:108-120.
Crimmins, S.M., L.R. Walleser, D.R. Hertel, P.C. McKann, J.J. Rohweder, R.R. Johnson, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2016. Modeling relationships between land-cover and mesocarnivore relative abundance using a hierarchical spatial count model. Ecography 39:524-532.
Walleser, L.R., S.M. Crimmins, and N.M. Roberts. Estimating wolf, Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758) age using baculum morphometrics. 2016. Canadian Field-Naturalist 130:212-215.
2015
Aagaard, K.J., S.M. Crimmins, W.E. Thogmartin, B.E. Tavernia, and J. Lyons. 2015. Predicting local waterfowl abundance during migration with a national-scale monitoring scheme: what features matter? Wildfowl 65:100-120.
Crimmins, S.M., P. Boma, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. Projected risk of population declines for native fish in the Upper Mississippi River system. River Research and Applications 31:135-142.
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, T.A. Campbell, W.M. Ford, P.D. Keyser, B.F. Miller, and K.V. Miller. 2015. Responses of white-tailed deer home-ranges to increased resource availability. Northeastern Naturalist 22:403-412.
Forcey, G.M., W.E. Thogmartin, G.M. Linz, P.C. McKann, and S.M. Crimmins. 2015. Spatially explicit modeling of blackbird abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:1022-1033.
Rohweder, J.J., S. Vacek, S.M. Crimmins, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. A case study of assigning conservation value to dispersed habitat units for conservation planning. Journal of Conservation Planning 11:13-27.
Strassburg, M.D., G.M. Linz, S.M. Crimmins, P.C. McKann, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. Winter habitat associations of blackbirds and European starlings in the southeastern United States. Human-Wildlife Interactions 9:171-179.
2014
Crimmins, S.M., P.C. McKann, J.A. Szymanski, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2014. Effects of cave gating on population trends at individual hibernacula of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Acta Chiropterologica 16:129-137.
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, A.R. Mynsberge, and H.D. Safford. 2014. Can fire atlas data improve species distribution model projections? Ecological Applications 24:1057-1069.
Thogmartin, W.E., S.M. Crimmins, and J. Pearce. 2014. Prioritizing bird conservation across the Prairie Hardwood transition of the Midwestern United States. Biological Conservation 176:212-223.
2013
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2013. Evaluating ensemble forecasts of plant species distributions under climate change. Ecological Modelling 266:126-130.
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, P.D. Keyser, J.M. Crum, W.M. Ford, B.F. Miller, T.A. Campbell, and K.V. Miller. 2013. Survival patterns of female white-tailed deer on an industrial forest following a decline in population density. Proceedings of the 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference USFS General Technical Report, NRS-P-117:487-496.
2012
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, and J.M. Houben. 2012. Coyote (Canis latrans) space-use and feeding habits in central West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 19:411-420.
Roberts, N.M., S.M. Crimmins, D.A. Hamilton, and E. Gallagher. 2012. Implantation and parturition dates of North American river otters, Lontra canadensis, in southern Missouri. Canadian Field-Naturalist 128:28-30.
2011
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2011. Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species' optimum elevations. Science 331:324-327.
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, and D.A. Hamilton. 2011. Age specific reproductive rates of river otters in southern Missouri. Southeastern Naturalist 10:501-508.
Dobrowski, S.Z., J.H. Thorne, J.A. Greenberg, H.D. Safford, A.R. Mynsberge, S.M. Crimmins, and A.K. Swanson. 2011. Modeling plant ranges over 75 years of climate change in California, USA: temporal transferability and species traits. Ecological Monographs 81:241-257.
Dobrowski, S.Z., S.M. Crimmins, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2011. Response to comments on "Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species' optimum elevations". Science 334:177
2010
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, W.M. Ford, P.D. Keyser, and J.M. Crum. 2010. Browsing patterns of white-tailed deer following increased timber harvest and a decline in population density. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010:ID592034.
Roberts, N.M., and S.M. Crimmins. 2010. An update of bobcat (Lynx rufus) population status and management in North America: evidence of large-scale population increase. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 1:169-174.
Roberts, N.M., and S.M. Crimmins. 2010. Do trends in muskrat harvest indicate widespread population declines? Northeastern Naturalist 17:229-238.
2009
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, and D.A. Hamilton. 2009. Effects of prey size on scat analysis to determine river otter Lontra canadensis diet. Wildlife Biology 15:449-453.
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, D.A. Hamilton, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2009. Seasonal detection rates of river otters (Lontra canadensis) using bridge-site and random-site surveys. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:993-999.
Crimmins, S.M., A.R. Mynsberge, and T.A. Warner. 2009. Estimating woody browse abundance from aerial imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30:3283-3289.
2008
Roberts, N.M., S.M. Crimmins, D.A. Hamilton, and E. Gallagher. 2008. An evaluation of bridge-sign surveys to monitor river otter populations. American Midland Naturalist 160:358-363.
Accepted
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, and B. Zuckergerg. Accepted. Common loon chicks appear resilient to bald eagel recovery in northern Minnesota. Avian Ecology and Conservation
2022
Heun, C.M., H.L. Schley, and S.M. Crimmins. 2022. River otter (Lontra canadensis) feeding habits in Wisconsin, USA: Evidence of microbead contamination. American Midland Naturalist 187:279-286.
Taylor, J.M., S.M. Crimmins, and N.M. Roberts. 2022. Assessing winter habitat selection of river otters using aerial surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1349
2021
Olson, L.O., T.R. Van Deelen, D.J. Storm, and S.M. Crimmins. 2021. Understanding environmental patterns of canid predation on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 99:912-920.
Wheeler, M.E., J.A. Barzen, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2021. Population responses to harvest depend on harvest intensity, demographics, and mate replacement in sandhill cranes. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01778
Scharhag, J., C. Sartini, S. Crimmins, S. Hygnstrom, and J. Stetz. 2021. Characteristics of non-fatal attacks by black bears: Conterminous United States, 2000-2017. Human-Wildlife Interactions 15:123
2020
Roberts, N.M., M.J. Lovallo, and S.M. Crimmins. 2020. River otter (Lontra canadensis) status, management, and distribution in the United States: Evidence of large-scale population increase and range expansion. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11:279-286
2019
Wheeler, M., J. Barzen, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2019. Effects of territorial status and life history on sandhill crane population dynamics in south central Wisconsin. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97:112-120.
Allen, M.L., and S.M. Crimmins. 2019. Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from the northern and southern populations may find each other in Humboldt County, California. IUCN Otter Bulletin 36:88-92.
Crimmins, S.M., and T.R. Van Deelen. 2019. Limited evidence for mesocarnivore release following wolf recovery in Wisconsin, USA. Wildlife Biology 2019:wlb.00511
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, L.H. Grim, J.H. Larson, and B. Zuckerbeg. 2019. Top-down effects of repatriating bald eagles hinder jointly recovering competitors. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:1054-1065.
Pluemer, M., S. Dubay, D. Drake, S. Crimmins, T. Veverka, H. Hovanec, M. Torkelson, and M. Mueller. 2019. Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and coyotes (Canis latrans) in an urban landscape: prevalence and risk factors for disease. Journal of Urban Ecology 5:1 juz022
2018
Allen, M.L., E. Iehl, B. Evans, M. Wheeler, B. Wojcik, B. Peterson, R. Harris, R. Dohm, M. Mueller, L. Olson, B. Ederer, S. Crimmins, M. Stewart, K. Pemble, E. Olson, J. Van Stappen, and T.R. Van Deelen. Detection of American martens (Martes americana) in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 179:294-299.
Cruz, J., S.K. Windels, W.E. Thogmartin, S.M. Crimmins, L.H. Grim, and B. Zuckerberg. 2018. Managing individual nests promotes population recovery of a top predator. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:1418-1429.
Wheeler, M.E., J.A. Barzen, S.M. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2018. Effects of territorial status and life history on sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) population dynamics in south-central Wisconsin, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97:112-120.
2017
Allen, M.L., B. Kohn, N. Roberts, S. Crimmins, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2017. Benefits and drawbacks of determining litter success for black bears (Ursus americanus) from cementum annuli techniques. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95:991-995.
Olson, E.R., S.M. Crimmins, D.E. Beyer, D.R. MacNulty, B.R. Patterson, B.A. Rudolph, A.P. Wydeven, and T.R. Van Deelen. 2017. Flawed analysis and unconvincing interpretation: a comment on Chapron and Treves 2016. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B 284 20170273
2016
Crimmins, S.M., P.C. McKann, J.R. Robb, J.P. Lewis, T. Vanosdal, B.A. Walker, P.J. Williams, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2016. Factors affecting Henslow's sparrow nest survival in southern Indiana. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128:108-120.
Crimmins, S.M., L.R. Walleser, D.R. Hertel, P.C. McKann, J.J. Rohweder, R.R. Johnson, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2016. Modeling relationships between land-cover and mesocarnivore relative abundance using a hierarchical spatial count model. Ecography 39:524-532.
Walleser, L.R., S.M. Crimmins, and N.M. Roberts. Estimating wolf, Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758) age using baculum morphometrics. 2016. Canadian Field-Naturalist 130:212-215.
2015
Aagaard, K.J., S.M. Crimmins, W.E. Thogmartin, B.E. Tavernia, and J. Lyons. 2015. Predicting local waterfowl abundance during migration with a national-scale monitoring scheme: what features matter? Wildfowl 65:100-120.
Crimmins, S.M., P. Boma, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. Projected risk of population declines for native fish in the Upper Mississippi River system. River Research and Applications 31:135-142.
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, T.A. Campbell, W.M. Ford, P.D. Keyser, B.F. Miller, and K.V. Miller. 2015. Responses of white-tailed deer home-ranges to increased resource availability. Northeastern Naturalist 22:403-412.
Forcey, G.M., W.E. Thogmartin, G.M. Linz, P.C. McKann, and S.M. Crimmins. 2015. Spatially explicit modeling of blackbird abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region. Journal of Wildlife Management 79:1022-1033.
Rohweder, J.J., S. Vacek, S.M. Crimmins, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. A case study of assigning conservation value to dispersed habitat units for conservation planning. Journal of Conservation Planning 11:13-27.
Strassburg, M.D., G.M. Linz, S.M. Crimmins, P.C. McKann, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2015. Winter habitat associations of blackbirds and European starlings in the southeastern United States. Human-Wildlife Interactions 9:171-179.
2014
Crimmins, S.M., P.C. McKann, J.A. Szymanski, and W.E. Thogmartin. 2014. Effects of cave gating on population trends at individual hibernacula of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Acta Chiropterologica 16:129-137.
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, A.R. Mynsberge, and H.D. Safford. 2014. Can fire atlas data improve species distribution model projections? Ecological Applications 24:1057-1069.
Thogmartin, W.E., S.M. Crimmins, and J. Pearce. 2014. Prioritizing bird conservation across the Prairie Hardwood transition of the Midwestern United States. Biological Conservation 176:212-223.
2013
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2013. Evaluating ensemble forecasts of plant species distributions under climate change. Ecological Modelling 266:126-130.
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, P.D. Keyser, J.M. Crum, W.M. Ford, B.F. Miller, T.A. Campbell, and K.V. Miller. 2013. Survival patterns of female white-tailed deer on an industrial forest following a decline in population density. Proceedings of the 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference USFS General Technical Report, NRS-P-117:487-496.
2012
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, and J.M. Houben. 2012. Coyote (Canis latrans) space-use and feeding habits in central West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 19:411-420.
Roberts, N.M., S.M. Crimmins, D.A. Hamilton, and E. Gallagher. 2012. Implantation and parturition dates of North American river otters, Lontra canadensis, in southern Missouri. Canadian Field-Naturalist 128:28-30.
2011
Crimmins, S.M., S.Z. Dobrowski, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2011. Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species' optimum elevations. Science 331:324-327.
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, and D.A. Hamilton. 2011. Age specific reproductive rates of river otters in southern Missouri. Southeastern Naturalist 10:501-508.
Dobrowski, S.Z., J.H. Thorne, J.A. Greenberg, H.D. Safford, A.R. Mynsberge, S.M. Crimmins, and A.K. Swanson. 2011. Modeling plant ranges over 75 years of climate change in California, USA: temporal transferability and species traits. Ecological Monographs 81:241-257.
Dobrowski, S.Z., S.M. Crimmins, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2011. Response to comments on "Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species' optimum elevations". Science 334:177
2010
Crimmins, S.M., J.W. Edwards, W.M. Ford, P.D. Keyser, and J.M. Crum. 2010. Browsing patterns of white-tailed deer following increased timber harvest and a decline in population density. International Journal of Forestry Research 2010:ID592034.
Roberts, N.M., and S.M. Crimmins. 2010. An update of bobcat (Lynx rufus) population status and management in North America: evidence of large-scale population increase. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 1:169-174.
Roberts, N.M., and S.M. Crimmins. 2010. Do trends in muskrat harvest indicate widespread population declines? Northeastern Naturalist 17:229-238.
2009
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, and D.A. Hamilton. 2009. Effects of prey size on scat analysis to determine river otter Lontra canadensis diet. Wildlife Biology 15:449-453.
Crimmins, S.M., N.M. Roberts, D.A. Hamilton, and A.R. Mynsberge. 2009. Seasonal detection rates of river otters (Lontra canadensis) using bridge-site and random-site surveys. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:993-999.
Crimmins, S.M., A.R. Mynsberge, and T.A. Warner. 2009. Estimating woody browse abundance from aerial imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30:3283-3289.
2008
Roberts, N.M., S.M. Crimmins, D.A. Hamilton, and E. Gallagher. 2008. An evaluation of bridge-sign surveys to monitor river otter populations. American Midland Naturalist 160:358-363.